DIY Rocks

[RachelR]

Has anyone made their own rocks for your pond area? They are very pricy to purchase, and someone mentioned making them ourselves. I am in no way crafty, and I am wondering if anyone has any experience with this.

 

[Lisak1]

Check youtube - there was a guy who had a lot of videos on making rocks for ponds. I'll look too and see if I can find him again!

 

[RachelR]

I have been watching videos all night. I’m just wondering if anyone has any experience doing it.

 

[Lisak1]

Oh that was easy! Here he is:

I think he has a few videos on making different types.

I will say that while I think it's very clever, they definitely don't look like real rocks to me.

 

[Lisak1]

I have been watching videos all night. I’m just wondering if anyone has any experience doing it.

Oh! gotcha! Sorry - no!

 

[RachelR]

Oh that was easy! Here he is:

I think he has a few videos on making different types.

I will say that while I think it's very clever, they definitely don't look like real rocks to me.

This is a different guy that I saw. It was a pretty involved project, but they really looked good!

 

[Lisak1]

He did do a great job. But again, I don't think you'd fool anyone.

 

[MajorDan]

I have been experimenting with different shapes for different purposes. I made some crescent shaped concrete rocks to create shelves of gravel on the bottom, a big flat rock to make a cave, a rock with a big cave area under it, and several rocks to hide the liner. I am still experimenting with colors. Those that go in the pond soon get covered with algae so they can be plain gray. I can take some photos of the ones not in the pond as my pond water is still GREEN those in the water are hidden. If you are interested you can message me for more details.

 

[RachelR]

I have been experimenting with different shapes for different purposes. I made some crescent shaped concrete rocks to create shelves of gravel on the bottom, a big flat rock to make a cave, a rock with a big cave area under it, and several rocks to hide the liner. I am still experimenting with colors. Those that go in the pond soon get covered with algae so they can be plain gray. I can take some photos of the ones not in the pond as my pond water is still GREEN those in the water are hidden. If you are interested you can message me for more details.

I would love to see some pics if you don’t mind posting.

 

[mgmine]

Check out Craigslist or put a wanted ad on Craigslist. Take a drive in the country around farms rocks should be everywhere. Where do you live?

 

[RachelR]

We are in KY.

 

[RachelR]

Our own yard is nothing but rocks( you can’t dog a 2” hole without running into one. They’re perfect waterfall rocks though, so that’s something.

 

[zeuspaul]

Some landscape wall blocks available at home improvement stores look realistic and don't cost much more than what you would pay for the concrete to make them.

 

[RachelR]

What do you mean by landscape wall blocks?

 

[zeuspaul]

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Flagstone-Arcadian-Retaining-Wall-Block-Common-4-in-x-11-in-Actual-4-in-x-11-6-in/3722154